🎙️ INTERVIEW: How to Get Signed With A Literary Agent w/ Lucinda Halpern
** This is a LIVE interview with literary agent Lucinda Halpern about the craft of writing and reality of building a writing career. Attendees will be sent a recording after the interview. **
What do literary agents look for? What practical steps can you take to help you find the right agent for you?
Lucinda Halpern is a literary agent with over 15 years' experience securing book deals with Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette, and Macmillan.
In this conversation with Lucinda, we'll discuss her career, industry advice, and her book Get Signed: Find an Agent, Land a Book Deal, and Become a Published Author. We'll also unpack the essential steps needed to navigate getting an agent and landing a book deal. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at how her agency works, why they accept or reject manuscripts, and her views on the publishing industry.
We’ll also discuss:
How to make a query letter stand out
Common mistakes she sees writers make
Advances across different genres
Her journey into agenting
The future of publishing
And much, much more.
About Lucinda Halpern
Lucinda Halpern is a literary agent with over 15 years' experience securing book deals with Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, and the author of Get Signed: Find an Agent, Land a Book Deal, and Become a Published Author. She represents a range of New York Times and internationally bestselling authors in the categories of business, health, lifestyle, popular science, narrative nonfiction, memoir, and upmarket fiction. Her classes and coaching programs have been taught to hundreds of writers worldwide. Learn more at lucindaliterary.com or download Lucinda’s free author training. Follow Lucinda Halpern on Instagram and Twitter.
Your London Writers' Salon Hosts:
Parul Bavishi and Matt Trinetti are the co-founders of the London Writers' Salon, creators of the webby-nominated Writers' Hour daily writing sessions, and hosts of the London Writers' Salon podcast.
Parul Bavishi has been an editor for over a decade. In addition to running LWS she helps thriller, YA and non-fiction writers level up their craft and get published. She writes and edits for the Story Grid. She has worked as an editor and literary scout at Random House, Quercus & Eccles Fisher. She analyses TV hit shows (Killing Eve, Ozark, Game of Thrones) on the Story Grid Showrunners Podcast.
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